Affiliated media: TV channel “Espreso.TV” , Camera crew

Incident date: April 2, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-physical and/or cyber-attacks and threats

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: NSJU

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv

Additional information:

The unknown man attacked the camera crew of the national TV channel “Espreso.TV” during the preparation of a story about the observance of quarantine by café and restaraunts. Immediately after the correspondent Ilia Eulash went on the air, an unknown man ran up to the camera crew, grabbed the camera and threw it into the river. Another reporter Dina Zelenskaya started to shoot such actions on her mobile phone. The man ran up to girl, knocked her to the ground and grabbed her hair. Then he ripped her phone out and threw it into the river, too. After that the attacker fled.